Copper engraving, 315x505 mm, Latin text on the reverse, hand-painted in period style. Perfect specimen in rare antique coloring. Extremely rare map published only in this edition of the rare “Speculum Orbis Terrae,” edited by his son Cornelius with variations in the text and number of plates, second edition of the atlas. De Jode (1509-1591) was a cartographer, engraver, printer, and publisher active in Antwerp in the mid-16th century, at the same time as Ortelius. The vicissitudes of life did not allow him to achieve the same success, and he was unable to match the economic importance of his rival. However, this meant that his maps became much rarer. De Jode's business, which was one of the most important among the many booksellers and printers in Antwerp, was represented at the Frankfurt fair, where De Jode purchased maps that he later copied or resold. After Gerard de Jode's death in 1591, the business was continued by his widow, Pascale van Gelder, and his son Cornelis (1568-1600). More of a publisher than an engraver, the latter republished the Speculum in 1593, adding new maps and revising others. Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, II, Jod 2, p. 211.